Chapter V (2)

I aku o Huaa ke ’lii o Puna ia Kulukulua: “E, o na kahuna a me ke kilo, ke kuhikuhi puuone, ke hai mai i ka pono o keia hele ana aku.” A hiki lakou i mua o na ’lii, olelo mai na ’lii: “O ka oukou ike ke olelo mai.” Olelo aku ke kilo o Kalapana: “E moe hou kakou i anei, i keia la a me ka po, apopo kakou holo.” Ae mai na ’lii; moe lakou a ao ae, hai aku ke kilo, i kana olelo ike, penei: “I holo kakou i ka moana, a i uhi ka noe ma ka hikina, na kakou ka make, a ina i pamaloo a pae kakou i uka, na Oahu ka make. Eia ka lua; i halii ka ua koko i ka moana a hiki i ka aina, hee o Oahu ia kakou.”

A pau ka olelo ana a ke kilo, holo aku la lakou, a pae ma Makapuu, hoonoho ke kaua. Ma keia holo ana i ka moana, ua uhi ia e ka noe, a me ka ua koko, e like me ka olelo a ke kahuna, a makaukau lakou, hele mai la lakou mauka a hiki i Kaneohe. Hoomaka ke kaua, ma ia kaua ana, ua hee honua o Oahu nei, a ua luku ia o Waiahole, a o Kamalalawalu hoi kai loaa aku e ola ana, a hoi ae la ia me na ’lii o Hawaii, o ia o Huaa a me Kulukulua, a hoi aku la lakou i Hawaii.

LEGEND OF KEAWEIKEKAHIALII.

Keaweikekahialii [302] was born in Kailua, Kona Hawaii, during the reign of Keliiokaloa [303] who was one time king of the whole of Hawaii. Keliiokaloa was a great king and had something like eight hundred chiefs under him. Amongst these chiefs was one, Kalapanakuioiomoa, [304] the progenitor of the kings of Hawaii. Keaweikekahialii had an attendant by the name of Mao, who was a man of great learning. His chief ambition was the study of how his charge was to get control of the government, and in some way become the king of Hawaii.

One day Keliiokaloa sent all the chiefs, together with all the people, to the uplands to work on the king’s farm lands, as it was the king’s labor day. After everybody had gone, Keliiokaloa and Keaweikekahialii remained at home playing konane. [305] Keaweikekahialii had lost three games to Keliiokaloa and the fourth game was also about to be lost, when Mao came in. Mao had secreted on his person a long stone club, about two feet in length and covered over with a network of cords. As he stood before them watching the game he asked: “Whose are the white pebbles?” Keaweikekahialii answered: “The white pebbles are Keliiokaloa’s and the black ones are mine.” At this time there were but very few black pebbles left on the board, in other words Keaweikekahialii was about to again lose to Keliiokaloa.

Mao then said to Keaweikekahialii: “You will win.” “How am I to win?” “The white ones are besmeared, the black ones will win.” Keaweikekahialii answered: “Take the losing blacks then and make your move.” Mao answered: “If I make the move Keliiokaloa will lose.” Keaweikekahialii then urged Mao three times; at last Mao asked: “If I make the move will you assist me?” “Yes,” said Keaweikekahialii. Mao then took up the stone club and struck Keliiokaloa on the back of the neck, killing him instantly. Keaweikekahialii then said to Mao: “How strange of you! Here you have gone and killed the king. I thought yours was to be a move on the konane board, but it was not.” Mao then said: “Don’t you want to rule over the whole of Hawaii? You shall become the ruler of this land this day.”

They then took up Keliiokaloa and buried him, after which they returned to the house, when Mao said to Keaweikekahialii: “Send a man to the uplands and inform the chiefs that the king, Keliiokaloa, desires one of the chiefs to come on down accompanied by one servant.” Before Keaweikekahialii sent off the messenger, he ordered that his own followers be requested to come to the house. After the arrival of his men he gave them orders to kill the first chief and his servant as soon as they arrived. Upon the arrival of one of the chiefs and his servant they were both set on and killed. This was carried on until all the chiefs of Hawaii [306] were killed, except Kalapanakuioiomoa.

When Kalapanakuioiomoa saw that all the chiefs were killed he escaped through the forest and came to and sojourned at Waipio, where he took a wife of that place. In course of time his wife conceived a child; but taking a canoe he set out, landing at Kaluaihakoko, Maui. From this place he again sailed and landed at Maunalei, Lanai, where he settled down and made his residence. After Kalapanakuioiomoa had been in Lanai for some time, he took unto himself a wife there and lived as a commoner, tilling the land and going to the uplands for water. He lived without disclosing his rank or his identity to any one.

Shortly after this a search was made around Hawaii for him. The reason of the search was in order to get some one to again marry with the high chiefess of the land that the high rank blood chiefs of Hawaii be again increased. [307] This search was carried on in Maui, but no trace of him could be discovered. After the search on Maui, it was renewed on Lanai, where Kalapanakuioiomoa was at last found.

When the searchers found him they said: “O chief, the king Keaweikekahialii wishes you to return to Hawaii and perpetuate the blue blood of the chiefs.” Kalapanakuioiomoa answered: “I will not return with you because I have made oath that I will live and die here; therefore you must go back to Hawaii and go to Waipio, where you will find a chiefess of high blood, my daughter.” The messengers then returned to Hawaii and to Waipio, where the daughter of Kalapanakuioiomoa was living and took her to the king. Thus did Kalapanakuioiomoa become the ancestor of the kings of Hawaii, for by him was the blue blood perpetuated to this day.

KAAO NO KEAWEIKEKAHIALII.

O Kailua i Kona, Hawaii, ka aina hanau o Keaweikekahialii, i ka wa e noho ana o Keliiokaloa he ’lii no Hawaii a puni. He ’lii nui o Keliiokaloa no Hawaii, aia malalo ona elua lau alii (ua like me ewalu haneri). No loko o keia mau lau alii elua o Kalapanakuioiomoa, ke kupuna o na ’lii o Hawaii nei. He kahu ko Keaweikekahialii, o Mao kona inoa, he kanaka akamai loa ia i ka imi ana i mea e lilo ai ke aupuni i kana alii, he kanaka noonoo loa.

I kekahi la, hoouna aku la o Keliiokaloa i na ’lii a pau loa e pii e koele me na kanaka a pau loa; a pau lakou i ka pii, noho iho la o Keliiokaloa me Keaweikekahialii. Ma keia noho ana, hookahi a laua hana o ke konane. Ekolu eo ana o Keaweikekahialii ia Keliiokaloa, a hookahi i koe o ka ha, alaila, eo o Keaweikekahialii. Ia laua e konane ana, hiki ana o Mao. Ma keia hiki ana o Mao, he pohaku eho loihi kana e huna ana, ua paa i ka aha, he elua kapuai kona loa, a hiki i mua o Keliiokaloa, ninau aku la ia: “Na wai ka iliili keokeo?” I mai o Keaweikekahialii: “Na Keliiokaloa ka iliili keokeo, o ka’u ka iliili eleele.” Ia wa, kokoke e pau loa na iliili eleele, alaila, make o Keaweikekahialii ia Keliiokaloa.

Olelo aku o Mao: “Ua make ia oe e Keaweikekahialii.” “Pehea ka make ana ia’u?” “Penei: Hapala ke kea, na ka ele ka ai.” I mai o Keaweikekahialii: “Kau pohaku make hahau ia.” I aku o Mao: “Hahau no au make o Keliiokaloa.” Ekolu kena ana a Keaweikekahialii. I aku o Mao: “Ina au e uhau, kokua oe ia’u?” Ae mai la o Keaweikekahialii: “Ae.” Unuhi ae la o Mao i ka eho pohaku ana, a hoomoe iho la i luna o ka hono o Keliiokaloa, a make loa iho la. Olelo mai o Keaweikekahialii: “Kupanaha oe, eia ka he pepehi kau i ke alii a make, kai no paha he konane maoli kau, aole ka.” I mai o Mao: “Aole ka ou makemake e puni o Hawaii ia kaua? Eia ka la o ko aina.”

Lawe aku la laua kanu ia Keliiokaloa, a nalo, hoi mai la a hiki i ka hale, olelo aku o Mao ia Keaweikekahialii: “E hoouna aku oe i ke kanaka i uka, e olelo aku penei, i olelo mai nei ke ’lii o Keliiokaloa. E iho aku, i hookahi alii o ke kanaka.” Mamua ae o keia hoouna ana a Keaweikekahialii i ke kanaka, ua hoomakaukau oia i na kanaka a piha ka hale, a ua olelo hoi ia lakou ina i hiki ke ’lii hookahi me ke kanaka, e pepehi a make loa. A hiki mai la ke ’lii me ke kanaka hookahi, pepehi ia iho la a make loa, pela no ka hana ana a pau loa na ’lii o Hawaii, aohe alii i koe, hookahi wale no alii i koe o Kalapanakuioiomoa.

A ike o Kalapanakuioiomoa e make ana na ’lii a pau loa, mahuka mai la ia ma ka nahele a hiki i Waipio noho, moe iho la i ka wahine kuaaina, nolaila, a hapai ka wahine, holo mai la ia a pae ma Kaluaihakoko, i Maui, pae, mai laila aku a pae ma Maunalei i Lanai, alaila, noho o Kalapanakuioiomoa. Ma keia noho ana a Kalapanakuioiomoa i Lanai, moe iho la i ka wahine i laila, noho a makaainana iho la, mahiai, pii i ka wai; pela no kona noho ana me ka ike ole o na mea a pau he ’lii ia.

A mahope, imi ia iho la ia ma Hawaii a puni; o ke kumu o keia imi ana, i loaa ka mea e laha ai na ’lii o Hawaii, a hiki i Maui, imi ia iho la, aole he loaa. A pau o Maui i ka huli ia, aole i loaa o Kalapanakuioiomoa; nolaila, hiki ka huli i Lanai, i laila loaa o Kalapanakuioiomoa.

I aku ka poe huli: “E ke ’lii, i kauoha mai o Keaweikekahialii ia oe e hoi i Hawaii, i kumu hoolaha no na ’lii.” I aku o Kalapanakuioiomoa: “Aole au e hoi aku me oe, no ka mea, ua hoohiki au i anei a make; nolaila, e hoi a hiki i Hawaii, kii aku, aia ke ’lii i Waipio kahi i noho ai, he kaikamahine na’u aia i laila kahi i noho ai.” Hoi aku la na elele i Hawaii, a hiki i Waipio, lawe ae la i ke kaikamahine a Kalapanakuioiomoa, a lilo ae la i kupuna no na ’lii o Hawaii, a malaila mai ka laha ana o na ’lii a hiki i keia la.

LEGEND OF HINAAIMALAMA.

The legend of Hinaaimalama [308] is well known throughout Hawaii, for it was Hinaaimalama who turned the moon into food and the stars into fish. This is the way the legend is told to the people even at this time of writing. We must, however, look into the story and see if it is true or not. In this legend, it is said, that it was at the land of Kahikihonuakele, [309] down in the bottom of the deep ocean, where it lies to this day, that the heroine of this legend came from, a land all in darkness, having neither sun, moon nor stars, and it was here that the parents and brothers and sisters of Hinaaimalama lived.

The parents and ancestors of Hinaaimalama were gods and they sometimes changed into the form of fishes. So in this way the gods and fishes have entered into this legend of Hinaaimalama. But the ancestors and parents of Hinaaimalama were great chiefs and chiefesses, and Hinaaimalama was very pleasant to look upon. She had no equal in all the land of her birth.

Kaiuli [310] was the husband and Kaikea [311] was the wife, both were gods taking sometimes the fish form of the paoo. [312] From these two Hinaluaikoa, [313] a girl was born. After her came Kukeapua, a boy. From these two, who lived as husband and wife, the brother taking the sister to wife, several boys and girls were born.

By Kukeapua, the husband, Hinaluaikoa the wife gave birth to: Hinaakeahi, a female; Hinaaimalama, a female; Hinapalehoano, a female; Hinaluaimoa, a female; Iheihe, a male, who sometimes turned into a rooster; Moahalehaku, a female; Kiimaluhaku, a female; Kanikaea, a female, who sometimes turned into a hen; Kipapalauulu, a male; Luaehu, a male, who sometimes turned into the fish, known as ulua. [314] The heroine of this legend was Hinaaimalama, who was the favorite child of the father’s and was his idol. She was the most beautiful of all the girls, and because of this fact, he made her queen and placed her under the strictest kapu; and her companion was her brother Kipapalauulu, [315] the one next to the youngest, therefore their father placed Kipapalauulu as the guard of Hinaaimalama. Kipapalauulu had to go wherever Hinaaimalama went, whether at bathing or at any other place, which duty the brother faithfully kept.

Having thus been placed as guard, Kipapalauulu had to give up everything else and he went on with his duty, and for a long time he faithfully followed out the order of his father; but there came a time when he became negligent and finally one day Hinaaimalama went out bathing by herself. While Hinaaimalama was bathing their father saw that Kipapalauulu was not with her, so he became very angry and called for Kipapalauulu. When Kipapalauulu came before his father, he asked him: “Say, why did you fail to keep my order?” Kipapalauulu replied: “I have been faithful to my charge and this is the only time that I did not accompany her when she went out bathing. I did not accompany her while bathing because there were always a lot of servants who attended to her, so I concluded this time not to go out with her.” The father then said: “Because you have failed in this I am going to send you away from my presence. For had you kept my order and had been faithful, you would not have done what you did this day.”

When Kipapalauulu heard that he must get away from his father’s presence, he turned to his sister, Hinaaimalama and said: “I am going, so here is your food and here is your fish.” The food was the moon and the fish were the stars. The sister then took these things and put them into a calabash, called Kipapalauulu, after her brother.

After the sister had imparted certain instructions to her brother, he proceeded to where his grandparents were living and told them of his going away because his father had banished him from his presence. After speaking about these things for a while, he asked his grandparents the way of getting out of the place to the surface of the earth, from the bottom of the sea. After his grandparents had heard what he wanted, his grandfather broke open the ocean and a crack was made from the floor of the ocean to the surface above, allowing the bright rays of the sun to reach the bottom. By this means Kipapalauulu climbed up until he arrived on the surface. Reaching the surface of the deep ocean, he looked about him and saw land, heaven, clouds, light, and a vast beyond. He then swam for the land and after a time landed at Kawaluna, a land at the outskirts of the great ocean. Konikonia was the king of Kawaluna, and he was without a wife. He was a king of very handsome appearance.

When Kipapalauulu came ashore on this island, he crawled under some canoes and slept there. He was a very comely fellow, young, of commanding appearance and ruddy complexion. While he was sleeping the king’s immediate attendant, called iwikuamoo, [316] came up to the place and saw a man with ruddy complexion sleeping under one of the canoes, and seeing that he was good, and handsome, he returned and told Konikonia. When the king’s personal attendant came in the presence of the king he told him how he had found a boy. The king then told the man to go and bring the boy to him. Upon the arrival of Kipapalauulu at the king’s house, the king took him to be his friend and from that time they lived on together.

In this living together, Kipapalauulu felt under deep obligation to the king for the kind treatment he was receiving, so he decided that he would send for his sister, Hinaaimalama, and give her to the king to be his wife. When the sister of Kipapalauulu arrived in the presence of Konikonia he immediately fell in love with her and he took her to be his wife, and they all lived in happiness together. In course of time Konikonia and Hinaaimalama had sons and daughters. Following are the names of the children. The sons: Kaneaukai, Kanehulikoa, Kanemilohai, Kaneapua, Maikoha. The daughters: Kaihukoa, Ihuanu, Ihukoko, Kaihukuuna, Kaihuopalaai.

By this and the following story we will know that some of the beings who inhabited this world were gods and some were fishes and this fact remains to this day. In this legend we will be made to understand their characters and their doings.

KAAO NO HINAAIMALAMA.

Ua olelo nui ia keia kaao ma Hawaii a puni, o Hinaaimalama ka mea nana i hoolilo ka mahina i ai a me ka hoku i ia, pela kona kaao a hiki i keia kakau ana. Nolaila, e pono e nana nui ia keia kaao ana, i maopopo ka oiaio a me ka oiaio ole. Ma keia kaao ana, ua olelo ia, o Kahikihonuakele ka aina, aia i lalo o ka moana hohonu ia aina, e waiho nei a hiki i keia la; he aina pouli, aohe la, aohe mahina, aohe hoku. A ma ia aina i noho ai na makua a me na hoahanau o Hinaaimalama.

He ’kua na kupuna a me na makua o Hinaaimalama, a he mau kino ia kekahi, a nolaila ua komo ke ’kua a me ka ia i loko o keia kaao ana o Hinaaimalama. Aka, he ’lii nui na kupuna a me na makua o Hinaaimalama, a he wahine maikai loa ia ke nana aku, aohe lua e loaa ma kona aina hanau. O Kaiuli ke kane, o Kaikea ka wahine. He mau akua laua, he paoo nae ko laua mau kino ia. Hanau o Hinaluaikoa na laua, he kaikamahine ia, mahope ona, hanau o Kukeapua he kane ia. Ia laua mai, moe pio laua, he kaikunane, he kaikuahine, na laua mai na keiki kane a me na kaikamahine.

O Kukeapua ke kane, o Hinaluaikoa ka wahine, hanau o Hinaakeahi, he wahine; Hinaaimalama, he wahine; Hinapalehoana, he wahine; Hinaluaimoa, he wahine; Iheihe, he kane, he moa ia; Moahalehaku, he wahine; Kiimaluhaku, he wahine; Kanikaea, he wahine, he moa ia; Kipapalauulu, he kane; Luaehu, he kane, he ia, he ulua.

O ka mea nona keia kaao, o Hinaaimalama ia, he punahele ia i ko lakou makuakane, he milimili, a he oi kona ui a me kona nani i ko na kaikamahine a pau o kona hanauna. A nolaila, ua hoolilo ko lakou makuakane i alii, a i mea kapu loa, a o kona hoanoho pu, o kona pokii kane, o Kipapalauulu. Nolaila, hoonoho aku ko lakou makuakane ia Kipapalauulu, i kiai; ma kahi a Hinaaimalama e noho ai, a e hele ai, e auau ai, e hana lepo ai, malaila o Kipapalauulu e kiai ai me ka malama loa.

Ma keia kauoha, ua hoolohe o Kipapalauulu a malama loa, aka, mahope poina loa ia. Nolaila hele hookahi aku la o Hinaaimalama i ka auau, a ma keia auau ana, ike mai la ko lakou makuakane, aole o Kipapalauulu i hele pu, nolaila, huhu loa iho la ia. Alaila, kahea aku la ia ia Kipapalauulu: “Ea, heaha kou mea i malama ole ai i kuu kauoha?” I aku o Kipapalauulu: “Ua hoolohe au a hiki i keia auau hookahi ana, aole au i hele pu, no kuu ike no, i na auau ana a pau loa, aole au e launa aku ana i ke ’lii, no ka mea, i ka wa e auau ai, he nui loa ka mea nana e holoi a e kawele ka ili o ke ’lii, nolaila, manao iho la au, aohe a’u hana e hele aku ai.” Alaila, pane mai la ko lakou makuakane: “No kou malama ole i ka’u kauoha, nolaila e ku oe a hele mai kuu alo aku; no ka mea, o ka hoolohe, aole e haalele i kekahi leo e like me oe.”

A lohe o Kipapalauulu i kona hookuke ia, alaila, i aku ia i kona kaikuahine alii haku, ia Hinaaimalama: “E, ke hele nei au; eia ko ai a me ko ia la, he mahina ka ai, he hoku ka ia, hoo iho la ke kaikuahine i loko o kahi ipu, o Kipapalauulu kona inoa, mamuli o ka inoa o kona kaikunane.

A pau ke kauoha a me ka olelo i kona kaikuahine, hele aku la ia, a na kupuna o lakou, hai aku la i kona hele, a me ka hookuke ana a ko lakou makuakane ia ia. Mahope o laila, nonoi aku la ia i alanui e hele ai, a e hiki ai ke pii mai i luna nei, mai lalo mai o ke kai. A pau kana olelo ana i na kupuna, ia wa, wahi ae la kona kupunakane i ka moana hohonu, a naha ae la mai ka papa ku o lalo, a ka lewa moana o luna loa. A komo iho la ka malamalama o ka la i lalo, alaila, pii mai la o Kipapalauulu a hiki i luna nei. A kau oia ma ka ili o ka moana hohonu, nana ae la ia, he aina, he lani, he ao, he malamalama, he akea, alaila, au mai la ia, a pae ma Kawaluna, he aina i ka lewa o ka moana loa. O Konikonia ke ’lii nui o Kawaluna, aohe ana wahine, he ’lii kanaka maikai loa ia.

A pae o Kipapalauulu i laila, kokolo hele mai la ia a moe ma lalo o na waa, ma keia moe ana, he maikai loa kona kino, he opiopio, he nani, a he memele maikai kona ili. Ia ia e moe ana, hele mai la ka iwikuamoo o ke ’lii, o Konikonia, a nana iho la i keia mea ula e moe ana, a ike iho la i ka maikai a me ka nani, hoi aku la a olelo ia Konikonia. A hiki aku la ka iwikuamoo i mua o Konikonia, hai aku la i na mea a pau ana i ike ai no ke keiki, alaila, kena ae la ke ’lii e kii a lawe mai. A hiki mai la o Kipapalauulu i ka hale o ke ’lii, lawe ae la oia ia ia i aikane nana, a noho iho la laua.

Ma keia noho ana, ua hilahila o Kipapalauulu no kona malama pono ia e ke ’lii e Konikonia. Nolaila, haawi aku la ia ia Hinaaimalama, i kona kaikuahine i wahine nana, a lilo ae la o Konikonia i kaikoeke nona, a noho iho la lakou. Ma keia noho ana, hanau ka Konikonia laua o Hinaaimalama. Eia ka inoa o na keiki a laua, na keiki kane, a me na kaikamahine. Na Kane: Kaneaukai, Kanehulikoa, Kanemilohai, Kaneapua, Maikoha. Na Wahine: Kaihukoa, Ihuanu, Ihukoko, Kaihukuuna, Kaihuopalaai.

Maanei e maopopo ai ia kakou, he mau akua kekahi, a he mau ia kekahi, pela no a hiki i keia la a kakou e noho nei. Nolaila, ma loko o keia hoomaka ana e maopopo ai ko lakou ano a me ka hana ana.

LEGEND OF MAIKOHA.

This was a very brave and fearless young man, and it was this man that broke the kapu poles, the sacred places of worship, the kapu insignia and all the different sacred things. Because of these doings of Maikoha, the father, Konikonia, became very angry. He was not sure which one had done this unholy thing, so he pondered deeply on how he was to find out the guilty person. After spending several days in study he decided on a certain course as follows: he procured two long poles and tied one of them on the back of the necks of all his ten children and the other he tied under the chin. He thought within himself that the one who would not cry would be the guilty one, a sure proof he thought, and he must be sent away. In applying this test, Maikoha was the one who did not cry out, all the other children cried more or less. This satisfied the father that Maikoha was the guilty one and so he was sent away, to go wherever he pleased.

Maikoha then started out and landed at Kaupo, Maui, where he made his home. Here he changed into the wauke [317] plant, which is known by this name to this day, and it was at Kaupo that this plant first grew. Because Maikoha’s body was very hairy the wauke plant is therefore the same, as we see.

After Maikoha had departed from home, his sisters came in search of him and they traveled as far as Kaupo, where they found he had already changed into the wauke plant. After they had located him they began to make a search for his navel, looking from the top of the plant to the bottom, but they were unable to find it; so a search was made of the roots, and there they found it, for Maikoha had secreted it there. Shortly after this the sisters left Maikoha in Kaupo, Maui, and they continued on their journey until they arrived in Oahu.

Upon their arrival on Oahu, Kaihuopalaai saw a goodly man by the name of Kapapaapuhi who was living at Honouliuli, Ewa; she fell in love with him and they were united, so Kaihuopalaai has remained in Ewa to this day. She was changed into that fish pond in which mullet are kept and fattened, and this fish pond is used for that purpose to this day.

When Kaihuopalaai decided to live in Ewa, her sisters proceeded on to Waianae, where Kaihukoa decided to make her home and she was married to Kaena, a man who was living at this place, a very handsome man and a chief of Waianae. So she remained in Waianae and she is there to this day. She changed into that fishing ground directly out from the Kaena Point, and the fishes that came with her were the ulua, the kahala [318] and the mahimahi. [319]

When Kaihukoa decided to stay in Waianae, the remaining sisters continued on to Waialua, where Kawailoa met Ihukoko. Kawailoa was a single man and as he fell in love with Ihukoko the two were united and they became husband and wife. Ihukoko remained here, and the fish that accompanied her from their home was the aholehole. [320]

When Ihukoko decided to remain in Waialua, the sister that was left, Kahukuuna, continued on her way until she came to Laie where she met Laniloa, a goodly man, and they lived together as husband and wife. The fish that came with her was the mullet and it too remained there to this day.

After the sisters were all married and had been living with their husbands on Oahu for some time, Kaneaukai [321] their oldest brother came in search of them. This man’s body was in the shape of a log of wood, and after he had floated on the surface of the ocean for several days, it drifted to the seashore at Kealia in Mokuleia, Kawaihapai, Waialua, where it was carried in and out by the tide. After being in this form for some time it changed into a human being and journeyed to Kapaeloa, where two old men were living.

When he approached the home of the two old men, he saw them watching an umu (oven), and after it was covered up they set out to the beach to do some fishing. After fishing for some time without success Kaneaukai called out to them: “Say, you old men, which god do you worship and keep?” The old men replied: “We are worshiping a god, but we do not know his name.” Kaneaukai then said: “You will now hear and know his name. When you let down your net again, call out, ‘Here is the food and fish, Kaneaukai,’ that is the name of the god.” The old men assented to this, saying: “Yes, this is the first time that we have learned his name.” Because of this fact, Kaneaukai is the fish god worshiped by many to this day, for Kaneaukai became their fish god, and from them others, if they so desired.

KAAO NO MAIKOHA.

He keiki koa loa ia, a he keiki makau ole, a nana i haihai na pahu kapu, na anuu, a me na puloulou, na mea kapu, a pau loa. No keia mau hana a Maikoha, huhu loa o Konikonia ko lakou makuakane. Alaila, noonoo iho la o Konikonia i kana mea e hana aku ai i kana mau keiki, a maopopo ia ia, alaila, hana iho la ia penei.

Elua kua laau loloa, hoomoe iho la ia ma ka ai o kana mau keiki he umi, hookahi kua maluna, hookahi kua malalo. O ka hoailona ma keia hana ana, ina e uwe ole kekahi keiki ma keia hana ana, alaila, nana no i kolohe, a oia ke hookuke ia. I ka hana ana pela, o Maikoha ke keiki i uwe ole, a o na keiki e ae, ua uwe lakou a pau loa, nolaila, maopopo iho la ia Konikonia, oia ke keiki nana i kalohe. Nolaila, hookuke aku la ia ia Maikoha e hele i kona wahi e hele ai.

Hele aku la o Maikoha a noho ma Kaupo i Maui, a malaila oia i lilo ai i wauke kapa a hiki i keia la, a oia wauke no ko Kaupo e ulu nei. No ka mea, o ko Maikoha kino, he ano huluhulu heuheu, e like no me ko ka wauke ano a kakou e ike nei.

Ma keia hele ana mai o Maikoha, hele mai kona mau kaikuahine e imi ia ia, a hiki lakou i Kaupo, e ku ana i laila o Maikoha ua lilo i wauke. Nana lakou i ke kino o ka wauke mai luna a lalo, aohe loaa o ka piko, aka, ua huna o Maikoha malalo o ka lepo i kona piko. Nolaila, huli iho la na kaikuahine a loaa. A haalele lakou ia Maikoha i Kaupo ma Maui, hele mai la lakou a hiki ma Oahu.

Ike aku la o Kaihuopalaai i ka maikai o Kapapaapuhi, he kane e noho ana ma Honouliuli, ma Ewa. Moe iho la laua, a noho iho la o Kaihuopalaai i laila a hiki i keia la. Oia kela loko kai e hoopuni ia nei i ka anae, nona na ia he nui loa, a hiki i keia kakau ana.

A noho o Kaihuopalaai i laila, hele aku la kona mau hoahanau a hiki ma Waianae, moe o Kaihukoa me Kaena, he kane ia e noho ana i laila. He kanaka maikai loa o Kaena, a he ’lii no hoi no Waianae. Nolaila, noho o Kaihukoa malaila a hiki i keia la, oia kela koa ma waho o ka lae o Kaena. A o na ia i hele pu mai me ia, oia ka ulua, ke kahala, ka mahimahi.

A noho ia i Waianae, hele aku kona mau hoahanau a hiki ma Waialua, loaa o Kawailoa ia Ihukoko, he kane ia, a noho iho la me ia. O ka ia i hele pu mai me Ihukoko, o ke aholehole.

A noho ia i laila, hele aku la o Kaihukuuna, a hiki i Laie, loaa o Laniloa, he kane ia, a noho iho la laua. O ka ia i hele mai me Kaihukuuna, he anae, a hiki i keia la.

A pau lakou i ka moe kane ma Oahu nei, alaila, hele mai ko lakou kaikunane mua loa, o Kaneaukai ka inoa. O kona kino he pauku laau, a pae ma ke kahakai o Kealia, ma Mokuleia, i Kawaihapai ma Waialua. Malaila kahi i lana ai, me ke kaa i uka, i kai. A mahope, hele a kino kanaka aku la o Kaneaukai, a hiki ma Kapaeloa e noho ana elua elemakule.

Ia ia i hiki aku ai i kahi o na elemakule, e kahumu ana laua; a kalua ka umu, hele aku la laua e lawaia. Ia laua e lawaia ana, aohe loaa o ka ia, nolaila, hea aku o Kaneaukai: “E na elemakule, owai ka olua akua e kaumaha nei?” I mai na elemakule: “O ke ’kua ka maua e kaumaha nei aohe loaa o ka inoa.” I aku o Kaneaukai: “Ua loaa, a i kaumaha olua, penei e olelo ai, ‘eia ka ai a me ka ia e Kaneaukai,’ oia ka inoa o ke ’kua.” Ae aku na elemakule: “Ae, akahi no a loaa ia maua ka inoa o ke ’kua.” Nolaila, hoomana ia a hiki i keia la. A ua lilo o Kaneaukai i akua lawaia no laua, a me na mea e ae, ke manao laua pela.

LEGEND OF NAMAKAOKAPAOO.